Search, Social, Gaming, and the Internet

Why Use Google Webmaster Tools?

Posted by Dan on November 4, 2010 in SEO | 8 comments

It may seem like an obvious answer to some, but many people completely overlook this powerful (free) web-based tool. Getting started with Google Webmaster Tools is simple, fast, and free. You can have this setup in less than 5 minutes. OK, so signing up is simple, but why should you actually use it? Earlier this year I was working for a company that handled SEO for small businesses and there was a typical “SEO Checklist” similar to what most search engine optimization companies use when analyzing a site and when performing...

So what DO you do?

Posted by Dan on October 24, 2010 in Everything Else | 1 comment

This is a question I’m often asked by my friends, family, online associates and clients. The answer to this simple question is anything but that. My typical “work days” consist of drinking freshly brewed coffee in my home office at 8.. 9.. 9:45 while checking my different email accounts and random web stats. My work day begins shortly after this, where I develop websites for private clients, perform SEO tasks on my own websites, and dive into search engine optimization and social media news on websites such as SEO Moz,...

Who is “The Dan”?

Posted by Dan on October 5, 2010 in Everything Else | Comments Off

There use to be a time where I would log onto my computer, connect to the Internet and write a lengthy post about what was on my mind. Oh, we never called it blogging or a “blog”, it was more of a mindless collection of rants tied together by a common theme. This was before “blogging” was as common as it is today, this was when the minority of people had the Internet, the days of 14.4 connections, constant disconnects, Prodigy, and CompuServe. Not to long before that, the whole Internet to me was simple e-mail, chat...